Structured Query Language (SQL) is a standard for communicating with a database that is maintained by ANSI. The latest version is SQL-99, though a new standard is in the works (SQL-200n).

As we saw in the last article, the SQL SELECT statement has the widest variety of query options, which are used to control the way data is returned. These options come in the form of clauses ...

SQL Basics I: Data Queries —covers database terminology and the four basic query types. SQL Basics: SELECT statement options —covers the SELECT statement in detail and explains aggregate ...